Dec 30 2005

Je suis un génie, pas un ingénieur

Published by Fence under Ramblings

Hola peoples, how was everyone’s christmas, I’m just back up in Dublin from Sligeach, had a very nice time, we even had snow so we did. Not on christmas day itself, but yesterday. I’ll stick a few photos on flickr later on.

I really should be unpacking, but I flicked on the telly when I came in and The Man In The Iron Mask was on. Such a terrible terrible film. That writing, tut tut tut. This is the 1998 version, with Jeremy Irons, John Malkovich, Gérard Depardieu, Gabriel Byrne and Leonardo DiCaprio. Honestly, is this one of the worst films ever made? That Randall Wallace boy[1] sure did write/direct some stinker, but at the same time, if you ignore the scenes with DiCaprio, and the crap storyline and just watch the auld lads having a laugh playing with swords, then it is worth a watch.

Plus, it has yer man in it, who was in Garden State, and both NM and I said that he sounded very like John Malkovich. Who did Peter Sarsgaard play here? Raoul, John Malkovich’s son.

Anyways, I’m off to play catch up on other blogs out there.

Linknotes:
  1. him of Braveheart fame
Tags: Gabriel Byrne, Gérard Depardieu, Jeremy Irons, John Malkovich, Leonardo DiCaprio, Peter Sarsgaard, terrible film, The Man In The Iron Mask

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Sep 26 2005

Pride and Prejudice

Published by Fence under Moving Pictures

  • Keira Knightley - Elizabeth Bennet
  • Matthew McFadyen - Mr. Darcy
  • Donald Sutherland - Mr. Bennet

Sometimes directors really make you think, make you stop and consider their work, make you want to never ever see anything in the cinema ever again because they have killed any desire you might have felt for moving pictures. Wright has almost managed to do this.

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Tags: 1 Star, based on book, Bored Now!, Donald Sutherland, Jane Austen, Keira Knightley, Matthew McFadyen, Pride and Prejudice, rom-com, terrible film

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